Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-28
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HOW BEAUTY IS PROMOTED.

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nowned for their beauty above all
the women of the earth, from the
earliest records down to Cleopatra's
time. "As beautiful as a Princess
of Egypt" was the superlative of
comparison. No women in the
world ever had such compilations
or such skins, and there is moth
ing in the world to-day to compare
with the skins of the mummies of
women taken from the tombs. This
distinction lasted for period of three
thousand years, and was common.
ly attributed to the "bath of ISIS"
which was preserved for them with
such Jealous care; but it was really
more owing to inheritance and the
climate, united to perfect health and
phenomenal cleanliness, than to the
lotion. There never was any secret
about it's components. It was made
from lotus water and the adipocere
of q rabbit. The trouble was to get
the adipocere. The lotus water was
made by distillation, as rose water is
now made, and was in as common
use among the Egyptian women
as rose water is with the American.
The adipocere was prepared in some
way by which the sacchariZed oil was
extracted, making it identical with
our glycerine, by removing the waxy
portion of the fatty matter.
Liebig took the trouble to make
the bath first with rabbit adipocere,
and then with the refined product,
its sweet oil, 80 that ne obtained the
identical "bath of Isis" He gave
it to experiment with, and they
found the former good and the latter
excellent. He afterwards made it
from our rose water and glycerine,
and this was much better than either
of the others. The proportions vary.
To keep the skin soft, one third glyc-
crime to two-thirds of rose water, and
this was probably the proportions in
the "bath of Isis" as its symbol was
thus subdivided but Liebig's expe-
riments showed that half-and-half
were about the proportions when
bringing the skin into condition.
Ten cents worth lasts month-tive
cents worth of the rose water of com.
merce (made from four drops of rose
oil to an ounce of distilled water)
and Eve cents worth of the ordinary
glycerine; but by using the genuine
rose water, made by distillation, and
the chemically pure glycerine, OBJ
tanned by a second refining-Which
cannot be had at every druggists
YOU will get a much better article
than the "bath of Isis" ever was.
This lotion is alluded to in the Oldest
book in the world, now in the Ma
tional Library in Paris-I mean the
one written by Prince Hotep, and
taken from his coffin after it had
lain beside him for over $500 years.
The reason why our women have
such bad skins is because they are
not cleanly. The Egyptians were the
healthiest ever known, and this was
because they were the cleanest. Lin
en- was never worn the second time
without washing. The Princesses
bathed in diluted lotus-water many
times daily, and night and morning
used "bath of Isis" they had reg
ular day each week for medical treat.
ment, and, with all Egyptian women,
devoted three days in each month to
medicines to keep clean the inside
as we'll as the outside of their bodies
so that had there been no "bath of
Isis" they would not have failed Ito
have beautiful complexions." This
"bath" merely gave their skin the
satin touch and velvet softness.
Their perfect health did the rest. No
"bath" ever made will bleach the
yellow face of a person suffering from
jaundice or remove the pimples that
come from constitutional weakness
and the breaking up of cellular tissue.